Summer is not my favorite season, especially a summer like we are experiencing now. The earth is cracked open in gaping wounds, the grass crunches underfoot and the air is almost too heavy to breathe.

I only go out in the early morning to check the garden and sometimes get in the pool. The surface moisture has not been so low since '92. Both winter ( Read more... )

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I just finished reading all the posts I had not seen.. a slight sense of accomplishment for getting that done.  I've been simply terrible about blogging this summer, too much life to live I think.

I ate delicious tomatoes from the garden instead of blogging.

I find myself twittering instead of blogging.

I find myself swimming instead of blogging.

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Just back in the house from a little dip in the pool.  Now when I say pool don't get the idea that it is a huge inground pool.. nope nothing like that, but it is 12 ft in diameter and plenty deep enough to get good and cool in.  Heck, I can even swim back and forth across it.  And the grandgirls love it!

For years I had wanted a pool of this sort ( Read more... )